Good and Bad Public Prose

Good and Bad Public Prose [electronic resource] / Stewart Cockburn.

The basic requirements of all good prose are clarity, accuracy, brevity, and simplicity. Especially in public prose--in which the meaning is the crux of the article or speech--concise, vigorous English demands a minimum of adjectives, a maximum use of the active voice, nouns carefully chosen, a logi...

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Main Author: Cockburn, Stewart
Corporate Author: South Australian English Teachers Association, Burnside
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1969.
Subjects:
Communication (Thought Transfer)
English Instruction.
Journalism.
Persuasive Discourse.
Prose.
Public Speaking.
Rhetoric.
Speech Communication.
Speech Skills.
Verbal Communication.
Writing (Composition)
Writing Skills.

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